Sex, Media, Reception: New Approaches

Registration is free and open to the public. For pre-registration please email sexmediareception@gmail.com

SCHEDULE:

FRIDAY, FEB 14 NQ 2435

1:30 Opening remarks

1:45 – 3:15 Sites of Reception: From Drive-Ins to Cable Moderator: Candace Moore (Screen Arts and Cultures) John Vari (UT Austin): “Open Late for that Sexy Date: Exhibition and Reception at the Adult Drive-In Movie Theater”, David Church (Indiana): “This Thing of Ours: Heterosexuality, Recreational Sex, and the Survival of Adult Movie Theaters”, Luke Stadel (Northwestern): “Bedroom TV: Cableporn and the Shifting Site of American Television Reception, 1981-1985”